(Don’t look for a steeple. Unity
Church is a unit in a business mall and looks nothing like a church. Maphere.)

Note:
You can also take this class Thursday evenings in Georgetown (see here), and Intensive
Creative Writing, a similar, slightly more advance course, is offered Wednesday
afternoons in Burlington (see here) and Wednesday evenings in Mississauga (see here).

This
course will challenge you to take a step up in your writing. The format will be similar to
the "Intensive" courses, but with less reading between classes each
week, leaving you with more writing time.

Over the eight weeks of classes, you’ll be asked to bring in three pieces of
your writing for detailed feedback. All your pieces may be from the same work,
such as a novel in progress, or they may be stand alone pieces. You bring
whatever you want to work on.

Besides critiquing pieces, the instructor will give short lectures at the start
of each class, addressing the needs of the group.

In addition to learning how to critique your own work and receiving
constructive suggestions about your writing, you’ll discover that the greatest
benefits come from seeing how your classmates approach and critique a piece of
writing and how they write and re-write. This is a challenging course, but
extremely rewarding.

Instructor Brian
Henryhas been a book editor and creative
writing teacher for more than 25 years. He teaches at Ryerson University and
has led writing workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to
Charlottetown. But his proudest boast is that he's helped many of his students
get published.

Brian Henry has been a book editor, writer, and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University. He also leads weekly creative writing courses in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Georgetown and conducts Saturday workshops throughout Ontario. His proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.